No jargon, no legal reading required. Here's what you and your partner actually do, in order.
You and your partner sit down before your first child arrives — while you're still equals, still on the same side, and the conversation is easy. You choose what share of combined income would go to whichever of you steps back to raise kids, and for how long. It's signed and formally registered.
Once it's signed, nothing happens. No payments, no check-ins, nothing to think about. It sits there for the whole relationship, like a seatbelt — there in case you need it, invisible if you don't.
No negotiation. No court process for income. No arguing about money on top of everything else. The terms were agreed back when you liked each other, not renegotiated in the middle of a separation.
Verified directly against real ATO payroll data — the same system your employer already reports to. Nobody has to produce payslips or prove anything to anyone.
Money moves by automatic direct debit each month, calculated off the verified income. Nobody chases it, nobody has to ask, and nobody decides whether to pay — it just happens.
Nothing about this required new law to be written. It uses instruments that already exist — just applied to a problem nobody had pointed them at yet.
A Binding Financial Agreement under the Family Law Act — the same legal category couples already use to agree how property is split if they separate. This uses it for income instead.
ATO Single Touch Payroll — the system your employer already reports your pay to every time you're paid. It confirms real income automatically, monthly, with nothing to submit or dispute.